CUTHBERT OF CANTERBURY

'Cuthbert of Canterbury' was a medieval Bishop of Hereford and Archbishop of Canterbury.

Contents

Life

Notes

References

See Also

External Links

Life

He is first recorded as the abbot of Lyminge, from where he was elevated to be the Bishop of Hereford in 736.Powicke ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 229 He served in that capacity for four years before his elevation to the Archbishopric of Canterbury in 740.Powicke ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 209
He presided over the Council of Clovesho in 742 along with Æthelbald, King of Mercia.^[1]
He died in 758 and was later canonized with a feast day of October 26.^[2]

Notes

1. Catholic Encyclopedia Councils of Clovesho accessed on September 6, 2007
2. Catholic Online Saints and Angels Cuthbert of Canterbury accessed on September 6, 2007

References

★ Catholic Online Saints and Angels Cuthbert of Canterbury accessed on September 6, 2007

★ Cuthbert of Canterbury at Catholic Encyclopedia

★ Catholic Encyclopedia Councils of Clovesho accessed on September 6, 2007

★ Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde ''Handbook of British Chronology'' 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961

See Also

★ List of the Bishops of the Diocese of Hereford, England and its precursor offices

★ List of Archbishops of Canterbury

External Links

★ Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England Entry for Cuthbert of Canterbury